Not to confuse you all, but I am reading 2 very different books titled “Murder in the Snow.”
Author Verity Bright, 2020
Author Gladys Mitchell, 1950- the one pictured above.
Yay! Another long weekend readathon hosted by. @Andrew65 ! Not sure yet what I will read but definitely #sundaybuddyread.
I start back to work Monday after three months so my guess is I will be exhausted !!!
anyone who wants to please join in!
#sundaybuddyread #December2023 #serieslove2023 #coffeeandbooks
Mid-morning coffee & a read.
~Read &Finished 4 books
~ Read 124 pgs of a book to finish
~ started 3 books
I am pleased with my reading during this readathon!
#NovelNovember #readathon #nonfictionnovember #setieslove2023
#humbleharvest #family #day27
Row 1:Frank,Robert,me,Poe,Em-our family
Row2:Robert,Frank,nephew Anthony,me,us,Frank‘s sisters, Frank & Robert
Row3:Robert,Frank,me,R‘s cousins,my sister,brother-in-law
Row4:sibs & 1 in-law,3 sisters& me,mom, me,7 sibs(dad cooking)as teens/kids
pickI was so captivated while reading this book, I could not put it down,finishing it in 1 day.It‘s setting is 1944 Venice,& in a small farming village in the north.Antonia Mazen, a young Jewish Venetian woman, is at the farm under the pretense of being the newly married wife of it‘s Catholic farmer.Eventually she learns to blend in with her “husband” & his family.
While this novel is written in the POV of Antonia,her life & & experiences 🔽
#humbleharvest #fallintitle #day26
If I remember correctly, this was a #buddyread awhile back. Or I read it for my book club. I know I enjoyed this dual timeline novel very much.
The elderly,intrepid,sly,devious, & mastermind of justified murder, Maud (of the book An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good)returns in a short story, “An Elderly Lady Seeks Peace at Christmastime.”
I just So enjoyed visiting her at Christmastime. #sohocrimechristmascapers #shortstorycollection
Apple pie & whipped cream for breakfast-Thanksgiving leftovers, yum! #thanksgivingpieandcoffee 🥧☕️
#grateful
#coverlove
pickThis is historical fiction is grounded in archived research by the author at various Longfellow museums.He utilized Longfellow‘s books,poetry,letters& words.The language is visceral,luscious,& sensual as he describes Longfellow‘s creative process,his struggles with depression,his agony & journey through grief with numerous losses,especially that of his two wives,& his anguish with the Civil War.Longfellow created friendships wherever he traveled🔽
panWhat I liked about this book:
~ the concept of a red string, connecting people, and finally finding their way together
~ How the author approached, postpartum depression, and other mental health issues, such as anxiety
~ Noelle‘s completely dysfunctional family
What I did not like:
~ just how immature emotionally Noelle was for her age
~ how she did not seem to really SEE how stuck she was
~ overall frustration with her character& others
pick#railroads #railtravel
This Police procedural,first in a series,is set in 1851 UK, mostly on trains or in stations.The mail train from London to Birmingham is dramatically robbed of its gold coin enroute to a London bank,gravely injuring the engineer. DI.Colbeck,& his team are called to the scene to investigate.What follows is a fascinating hunt to find the responsible parties.The characters,their relationships,& their interplay adds to the fun.
pick#nonfictionnovember
It actually took me a few months to finish this book, but I read a good bulk of it this month. I have such mixed feelings. It is definitely a Pick, but reading about the teachers the book follows for a school year-elementary teacher,MS math teacher,MS Spec ed teacher.Their work trials, mistakes,successes,lack of resources,admin support,parent issues-all affects their personal lives. It was depressing, insulting,infuriating🔽
#humbleharvest #tea #day25
My husband makes up tea about 4 pm daily with his much loved electric kettle.
I am enjoying this book-historical fiction about a young Jewish woman who leaves her parents behind in Venice & moves far away, pretending to be a Catholic farmer‘s wife. I know little of the Jewish experience in Mussolini‘s Italy compared to Hitler‘s. #literarycrew #November2023
Thanks to Jess for hosting this the last few years!
#HumbleHarvest #Novella #Day24
Starting this today, a Christmas novella of 71 pgs.
Transitioning from Thanksgiving to Christmas this morning. 🦃🎅🏻
Wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving yesterday so much to be grateful for.
A little late…
Anna- next section #sundaybuddyread
Our Darkest Hour- #literarycrew-starting
Happiness- #audio
Her Lost Words - continue, hope to finish
Railway-#DetectiveInspectorColbeckMystery - finish
Three Mothers-#nonfiction
#NovelNovember #readsthon
#bookhaul
My work staff gifted me a more than generous $100 Barnes & Noble gift certificate as a get well gift. Obviously, they know me well! Visited the store today and left with four books. 💛📚❤️🩹
Join in this relaxed #readathon! I always do- I like the companionship of reading whatever, whenever, however we want together. #NovelNovember Thanks once again for hosting @Andrew65
I am excited about this idea of a nature card swap. I had no idea I had so many cards that portrayed nature! I‘m also excited because I have not been able to hand write due to my shoulder injury and subsequent surgery. It‘s been almost a year. Let the card swap begin!💌📫
#naturalitsycardswap #midwintersolace #naturalitsy
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pickAnother grand achievement in this series featuring Venice‘s Commissario Brunetti.One of his wife‘s student‘s requests a simple favor that leads to her murder.Another murder,the discovery of an invaluable art collection,buried secrets of Nazi Italian collaborators,the fate of Italian Jews-all are revealed.This novel has me wanting to explore Mussolini‘s treatment of theJewish people,a perfect segue into Our Darkest Night #literarycrew #bookspin #21
#WondrousWednesday
✨ my healing from rotator cuff surgery & then some
✨ my immediate & extended family
✨ my friends & neighbors
Tagging: @SamAnne @Cupcake12 @BookmarkTavern @quietjenn
Started this #goldenagecrimeclub mystery on the plane from Tampa FL to Hartford CT. Went from swimming at the beach to snuggling under mounds of covers. I don‘t remember ever reading this particular Christie mystery so I‘m having fun with it. This is my “bookseat” that holds books & my iPad so I do not have to use my right arm or shoulder. I recommend it for anyone recovering from shoulder surgery or needs hands free reading!
My reading spot this afternoon at the Epicurean Hotel in Tampa. Beautiful hotel.
In Tampa Florida for a wedding, relaxing outside the hotel in a shaded area,reading.
#WondrousWednesday
1.32 years of marriage with my husband and friend.
2.emerged from a car accident at 30 yrs.which took me five years plus to fully recover -still go to PT.
3.Working at my dad‘s office for work hardening post accident; saw him in a new Light-deepened our relationship
4.We took cues& paralleled my Autistic son‘s behaviors-no ABA as advised, etc. & he forged his own path.
5.Myself as sister,daughter,wife,mother,friend, teacher.
Such a nostalgic read!When I was in 1st grade measles invaded our household.My older bother & sister & me were all in a room together for the duration of the illness. Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys were their reads during recovery, so of course I wanted to read what they were reading. That‘s when I read my first Nancy Drew and I was hooked.
What fun to return as an adult, & be reminded of how feisty,intelligent,& independent Nancy was in the 1950s.
#Two4Tuesday
🧡 yes, my sibs & I read under blanket tents together , then I did with my son when he was young.
🧡 A Wrinkle in Time by M. L‘ Engle
Tagging anyone who wants to play
#bookreport
Finished 2 books.
At various stages with those “In Process”
Time for afternoon tea.
…” Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day
Turned and departed silent.”
—— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems for Morning
#poetry
My picks for #nonfictionnovember
My goal is to finish at least 1/3.
pick
The “useless”on the UK police force are sent to languish in the Llangwelli Station in W.Wales ,then forgotten.DI Southwall is transferred there after her first murder case goes South.She is tasked with turning this small station around and building a”crack team.”
Retired D.S.Norman,is asked to support her.A murder, too many suspects,and the “useless” team that rises to the occasion under Southwall‘s tutelage, make for an interesting story.
Haven‘t participated in ages, but for whatever reason I decided to try this month.
The writing is luscious. Sensuous. Visceral.
On p. 66/334. Reading slowly, savoring the writing.
Handmade scarecrows lined both sides of Falmouth‘s streets when I visited 2 weeks ago, creating a festive air. We perused the tagged bookstore.
Happy Halloween! 👻🎃🧡
October reads.
~4 Yorkshire Murders series #serieslove2023
~2 cozy mysteries
~3 other mysteries including #nunlit
~4 fiction
~ 1 Epistolary novel
I only finished A Shameful Murder.
1/2 way through Nancy
3/4 way through The Engine House
Listened to three more chapters in Happiness Falls
completed one more section in A Big Book of Female Detectives
#Two4Tuesday #HappyHalloween
👻 if it were not Halloween I would choose the Yorkshire Murder Series by JR Ellis, but The Shop on Royal Street features the supernatural.
👻 Tonight i will be answering the door & giving out candy.👻🎃
#bookmail A friend sent this book of Buddhist parables to help clear my mind in these turbulent times.
I could not locate it in the database. #booksandcoffee
This post is in honor of @Cinfhen
Afternoon tea with Nancy. #childrensclassicread #buddyread #NancyDrewBR
The pace is fast- I feel like I am zipping around with Nancy in her new dark blue convertible! I have not read this series since 1st, 2nd grade- such fun!
Thanks to. @TheBookHippie @Librarybelle
#20in4 #readathon #day2
~Started and finished A Shameful Murder ✔️
~Finished first section of Big Book of Female Detectives, Victorian and Edwardian (British) ✔️
Finished:A Dirty Death & A Shameful Murder. Plan to review both books soon
In Process: On ch 8/34 Happiness Falls; Started Her Lost Words; Finished the Victorian and Edwardian (British) section of Big Book of Female Detectives
Excited to start my day with this novel about Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley. #TBR #historicalfiction #cofffeeandbooks
I have read & studied both women‘s works and am fascinated with their courage to publish their ideas that were way beyond the thinking of the times they lived in. Both actively read today. #20in4 #readathon
My hopes for this #20in4 #readathon. @Andrew65 snuck in an extra day for us- runs today, Friday,October 27-Tuesday, October 31. Goal is to finish at least 2 of these books.
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